NEWS of the UGCC news

- 24 July 2012
  04:59
- His beatitute Lubomyr (Husar): “Position “against all” at the elections sounds strange to me” The Archbishop-Emeritus of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Lubomyr (Husar), has a different view towards the position called "against all" when voting at the elections. He pronounced that at the media-club “CHESNO about the elections” meeting, which took place in Kiev on 20th of July.
- 21 July 2012
  10:14
- Rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University nominated Apostolic Exarch for ukrainians in France Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has a new bishop. Pope Benedict XVI nominated the rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University Rev. Dr. Borys Gudziak as Apostolic Exarch for Ukrainians in France and appointed him as Titular Bishop ofCarcabia. This is officially informed by the Vatican Press Service.
- 21 July 2012
  10:12
- “I have long dreamed of seeing this land with my own eyes and to visit this Church about which I have read so much,” stated Monsignor Joan Galtes from Barcelona During July 17-22, Monsignor Joan Galtes, representative of the Bishop’s Conference of Spain and the Bishop’s Vicar of the Diocese of Barcelona, visited Ukraine. On the first day of his stay the Monsignor met with Bishop Bohdan (Dziurakh), Administrator of the Papal Curia of UGCC.
- 21 July 2012
  10:08
- “There is a division in Ukraine, between those who love the country and those who do not”, - His Beatitude Lubomir According to the Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Lubomyr (Husar), there is no division between the East and the West Ukraine, the division is between those who love the country and those who do not. He said this in an interview with the “5th channel” on the 18th of July....
- 21 July 2012
  10:06
- The UGCC subcommittee “For a Sober Life” conducted the seminar on the dangers of alcohol addiction in Christian families On 18th of July 2012 in Lviv, the UGCC subcommittee “For a Sober Life” participated in a social seminar “The Accountability School”, which was taking place in the building of the Lviv city public organization “Ukrainian Youth to Christ” (Pekars’ka street, 13).
- 19 July 2012
  12:04
- Responsibility and credibility in the Church Statement at the end of the meeting of media officers and spokespersons of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe The Church has nothing to hide, even with regard to management of its finances! Current society, focused on a culture of consumerism, has raised the criterion of transparency, including financial, to a principle of credibility. Conscious of this new challenge, the Church understands that the new evangelisation is also getting through the...
- 14 July 2012
  11:43
- UGCC Head participated in the celebration of the 490th Jubilee of Chortkiv, Ternopil oblast In the city Chortkiv, the seat of the Bishop of the Buchach Eparchy, on the Feast Day of Sts. Peter and Paul, a significant event was celebrated – the 490th anniversary of its founding. In addition to many civic activities, the city also held a massive spiritual-prayerful event, attended by His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), UGCC Head. On the...
- 14 July 2012
  11:37
- In Stryi District Children reflected on the Virtue of Sobriety The second summer Christian Camp “The Sobriety of the Soul is a sign of Holiness”, that was organized by the representatives of the UGCC subcommittee “For a Sober Life” was taking place from the 1st till the 5th of July 2012 in Stryi Diocese of UGCC. Children from differents parts of Stryi District came to Zazdrist’ village of a Ternopil region with an...
- 09 July 2012
  05:46
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk): The language law disrespects people The Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church believes that the language law disrespects both languages and that therefore it is anti-constitutional. His statement was made on the news program of Channel 24. “On the one hand, it is an absolute disregard for Ukrainian as the state language; on the other hand, it is also a disregard for the Russian...
- 04 July 2012
  12:52
- A new document on “Ethics and Finances” of the European Commissions on Justice and Peace UGCC Commission on Justice and Peace participated in the working meeting of the European Commissions on Justice and Peace to draft a new document entitled “Ethics and Finances.” The meeting was held on June 29-30 in Cologne (Germany). Rev. Oleh Luka, an assistant of UGCC Commission on Justice and Peace participated in the meeting and reported that in...
- 04 July 2012
  12:50
- “We will ask God that in no case does our Parliament pass the law against the Ukrainian language,” stated UGCC Primate “It happened that our language was always placed under limitation, banned and disrespected, just as was our Church. They tried to steal from us the precious gift of faith, which is passed on through its culture and language. This week we will ask Almighty God that in no case does our Parliament pass the law against the Ukrainian language,” said His Beatitude...
- 29 June 2012
  03:48
- The first issue of Blahovisnyk by His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) has appeared The Blahovisnyk of the Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, containing the official UGCC records for 2011, has appeared. This publication is mainly directed at theologians – bishops, clergy, monastic orders, seminarians, etc. However, this journal will also interest lay people who would like to know about and read the word of their Church....
- 29 June 2012
  09:57
- UGCC bishops in Ivano Frankivsk report on peculiar aspects of pastorate in the eastern regions of Ukraine and contemporary migration challenges A special course on missionary pastorate for upper class students is being held at the St. Josaphat Ivano-Frankivsk Spiritual Seminary (June 25 - July 1). Sixty-eight seminarians are participating in the course organized by UGCC Pastoral-Missionary Department (PMB).
- 29 June 2012
  09:54
- The Charity Fund “Caritas” took part in the EURO-2012 tournament of street football “It was not long ago that the tournament of street football has taken place in the “Lokomotiv” stadium in Kyiv, in which teenagers from Donetsk, Odessa, Brody, Kolomyia, as well as, from Kyiv have participated. The teams consisted of those children, whose families use the social welfare services, street children as well as other categories of unprotected...
- 24 June 2012
  09:00
- Bishop Bohdan (Dziurakh) participated in prayers on the Day of Sorrow and Remembrance of Victims of War Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, represented by Bishop Bohdan Dziurakh, Secretary of the Synod of Bishops, together with UOC-KP, UOC, UAOC, RCC and representatives of other Churches and church communities participated today in commemorations of the beginning of war between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany....

PUBLICATIONS

We can imagine what the prayer of the prisoners in the Russian torture centers in the Ukrainian Kharkiv region was like – Head of the UGCC on the 206th day of the war 17 September

A vast cemetery, a mass burial, was found near the city of Izyum, in which more than 400 innocently killed and tortured people have already been...

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